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had the votes Tuesday? (0.00 / 0)

Wrong.  How do you explain this, which happened on the floor of the House during the debate?  From AP:

Some of the dealmaking had a distinct political feel. Rep. Alan Grayson, a first-term Democrat, won a pledge of support that $50 million from the proceeds of pollution permit sales in the bill would go to a proposed new hurricane research facility in his district in Orlando, Fla.

That was a close vote.  And it mattered.  Biggest vote since the Civil Rights Act.  On to the Senate.

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by: gormbroc @ Fri Jun 26, 2009 at 19:14:18 PM CDT